Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.12.5843

A Study on the Improvements of the Speech Quality by using Distribution Characteristics of LSP parameters in the EVRC(Enhanced Variable Rate Codec)  

Min, So-Yeon (Dept. of Information and Communication, Seoil College)
Na, Deok-Su (Voiceware co. Ltd., R&D center)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.12, 2011 , pp. 5843-5848 More about this Journal
Abstract
To improve the efficiency of the channel spectrum and to reduce the power consumption of the system in EVRC, the voice signal is compressed and transmitted only when the user speaks to. In addition to this, voice frames are divided into three rates 1, 1/2 and 1/8 and each frame is handled differently. For example, we assumed that the input is silence region if the 1/8 rate is used. In this paper, the sections are firstly separated into the voiced speech signal region, unvoiced speech signal region, and silence region by using distribution characteristics of LSP parameters. Then the paper suggested to encode 1 rate for the voiced speech signal, 1/2 rate for the unvoiced speech signal region, 1/8 rate for the silence region. In other words, traditional way of transmission is used when sending full rate in the EVRC. However, when sending half rate, the voice is firstly distinguished between voiced and unvoiced. If the voice is distinguished as voiced, voice is converted into full rate before the transmission. If it is distinguished as silence, EVRC's basic rate is applied. In the experimental results with SNR, ASDM, transmission bit rate measurement, we have demonstrated that voice quality was improved by using the proposed algorithm.
Keywords
EVRC; LSP; Speech Quality; Transmission Bit Rate;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 3  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 TIA/EIA-IS-127 Enhanced Variable Rate Codec, 1997.
2 S. Saito and K. Nakata, Fundamentals of Speech Signal Processing, pp. 126-132, Academic Press, 1985.
3 A.M. Kondoz, Digital Speech, pp. 84-96, John & Sons Ltd, 1994.
4 L.R. Rabiner and R.W. Schafer, Digital Processing of Speech Signals, pp. 367, Prentice Hall, 1978.
5 S.Y. Min and H.C. Kim, "The V/UV Decision Algorithm for a Reduction of the Transmission Bit Rate in the CELP Vocoder," The Journal of Korea Navigation Institute, Vol.11, No.3, pp. 87-92, 2007.
6 S.Y. Min, "Complexity Reduction Algorithm of Speech Coder(EVRC) for CDMA Digital Cellular System," Journal of Korea Multimedia Society, Vol.10, No.12, pp. 1551-1558, 2007.   과학기술학회마을
7 H. Y. Gong, "A Novel AOCG-OFDM Modulation Technique for Variable-high-bit-rate", Journal of The Institute of Webcasting, Internet and Telecommunication, Vol 10, No 2, pp. 152-158, 2010.
8 J. C. Kim, "Channel Capacity of Additional Data Transmission System for Spectrum Efficiency Improvement", Journal of The Institute of Webcasting, Internet and Telecommunication, Vol 10, No 4, pp. 145-150, 2010.